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nounhermitism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe habits of a hermit, living alone and in isolation.
We have not to examine into the earliest practice of ascetic life and hermitism; the gathering together of secluded societies of celibates and virgins; the superstitious veneration of the relics of holy men […]
1862, John Algernon Clarke, What the Prophets Foretold, page 156Synonyms: eremitism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe habits of a hermit, living alone and in isolation.
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German Einsiedlertum
- Einsiedlertumliving alone and in isolation
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